Rail-bond.



BATENTED AUG. 20, 1907.

B. WILLARD.

RAIL BUND.

APPLIUATION Hmm MARLal, 1999.

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UNITED STATES BEN WILLAD, OF NEW ORLEANS,L LOUISI'ANA'flASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL` v COMPANY', A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK. 1

yienrnrmj OFFICE,

BAIL-Bonn.

No. vseitens.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, BEN WILLARD, a citizen of the Unit States, residing at New Orleans, parish of .Orl leans, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new' `and useful Improvements in Rail-Bonds, of whichA thewhich shall. be'siinple', cheap and of ample carrying capacity. d

In modern work the constant tendency is towards an y increase in the 4amount of current taken by eaclrcar orv train. It is possibleltoprovidebonds of sufiicientcar-i ryingI capacityto provide for any reasonable current,"

as far as the bond itself is concerned, but the problen'i 'of vthejoint between the bond and the rail becomes a very difficult one, since, while the cross section of the bond increases as thesquare of-its diameter,'fand directly'as its weight, the contact area with the rail increases onlyas the first power of the diameter, or as the square-foot of the Weight. A point .is then reached at by providing each bond with a plurality of lcontacts I- at each point wherel it is Ato bc'connected to thernil,v sind I avoid the troubles due to unequal expansion by making the bond, between the contacts, of such a shape as to allow o. erta-in amountA oi': change of length without causing u flow of the metal. 1 l

In the drawings attached to this speciiicntion, which represent a bond constructed in accordance'with my invention, Figure l is an elevtionof a mil joint with my improved bond affixed thereto, and Fig. 2 is n-scc "tion on an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

A,A are the ruilsto, be bonded, and BA-is the lishplate, held in place by bolts C, C. Each mil is drilled with a plurality of holef, as shown in' Fig. 2,' into' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 311-1899.y Serial No. 711,209.

' are provided in two of the contacts anditheends of the vby yieiiinblc connections. c

3.'A 1'nil bond consisting ot u sin e conducting cuiller 75 irate-ncsa Aug. 2o, 190'?.`

which enter the contacts D, D, two or more' of which viorm the terminal of the bond. -These'contacts ure 'i 1 expanded against the ruil by bolts E, E, each having a.

tapered portion which are driven or drawn in place asff L ui'ai The contacts forming o. tia'rminal are connected 50' together bythe parts F, whieh, as will be clear ironia l the drawing, are of o; spring shapejsdfthat they allow an unequal expansion between the rail and -bond without breakingthe connection or workinglthern loose.

' In the particular form show m. the terminals are the bonding conductor are secured lto the contacts in any suitable lmanner; as shown in thejdrawing sockets conductor secured therein by weldingor brazing.

greatly increased eresJ of contact between the rail and the bond, and that, 'atthe saine time, I eliminate the danger due to unequal expansion. 'i

Having-thus described'my invention,.whnt I'cluim Aas new and desire'to secure .by Letters Patentof the" United States isz f v "l i 2 A 1. A ruil bond. consisting ot n single conductorprovided nt its ends with it plurality of conta-cts iiexiblycon nected to euch other. s l

2. A ruil hond-consistingr of n' single conductor connected vai: euch end to n plurality of. contacts united to euch other connected nt eueirend to one of u'nllty fot 4contucic's connected to euch' other by vieidn .nections.

4. The combination with n iicxihle conducting cnhie, of

' terminals therefor euch having meirns for the attachment of one cud of Suid cubic thereto und provided with u piurnlity of ruil connections serially united b'y iiexlhie conductors. n '.lhe combination oi' n ilvxlble conducting crible, ot nnuxpunsible terminal therefor lnrviug a cubic receiving connection und a plurality ot ruil connections nttuched thereto.

'P lre eomhiuution with n flexible conductingfahie, oi.' n terminal therefor having n cubic receivingconnection -wlth a' phu'ulity of r'nii muncciions serially cnnecte therein hy iie-xibic conduciols.

ln witness whereof, I luive hereunto :zum my uf Miu-eh, leon.

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-It will be seen that my improved bond provides-a' 

